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TIL that the “Twin Pop” popsicle was invented during the great depression so that two children could split one for a nickel.

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vPdMj TIL a guy dressed as Santa Claus in 1927 caused the biggest manhunt ever in Texas by robbing a bank. AND there use to be a $5k reward for civilians at the time for shooting a bank robber dead which meant over 100 people turned up to shoot Santa.
84eV TIL the German word for ‘birth control pill’ is 'antibabypille’
R714 TIL that Muslim astronauts have struggled with the issue of how to pray from space. When orbiting the Earth, it’s impossible to pray facing Mecca because its direction constantly changes.
gmRX TIL that on the last night of their tour in Paris, Kanye and Jay-Z performed “N*ggas in Paris” 11 times in a row.
vPNLj TIL Jagadeesh Pillai took over four years to record, edit and mix the longest officially released song, lasting 138 hr 41 min 20 sec. Pillai sung the entire book of the poetic work “Shri Ram Charit Manas”